Court System Preserves Justice

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Week 10:

Week 11:

Week 12:

Week 13:

Yellow Highlights - Assessments
Green Highlights - Practice






How does the court decisions preserve, develop and interpret life liberty and property.

Colorado Civics Standards:
4.2gAnalyze how court decisions, legislative debates, and various and diverse groups have helped to preserve, develop, and interpret the rights and ideals of the American system of government (DOK 2-3)

4.2f Evaluate the effectiveness of our justice system in protecting life, liberty, and property (DOK 3-4)

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Week 10:	Learning Goal	Directions	Resources
Monday, October 31, 2011		Reviewed previous weeks activities.
Tuesday, November 01, 2011	Examine the processes of cases as they go through the court system	Together as a class	handouts
Wednesday, November 02, 2011	Evaluate a Colorado Supreme Court case. How does the American Court system balance and check each other?	Map out the courts the case went through with a brief snyposis of the case.	http://www.courts.state.co.us/
Thursday, November 03, 2011	Objectively analyze Gideon's journey to the US Supreme Court.	Watch Gideon's Triumph - Gideon vs Wainworth, 1963	Movie, Gideon's Triumph
Week 11:	Learning Goal	Directions	Resources
Monday, November 07, 2011	Objectively analyze Gideon's journey to the US Supreme Court.	Watch Gideon's Triumph - Gideon vs Wainworth, 1963	Movie, Gideon's Triumph
Tuesday, November 08, 2011	What would happen if Gideon had not found his trumpet?	Write a short essay on how the U.S. would be different if this case had never happened. (How does this case impact you, today?)	http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_gideon.html
Wednesday, November 09, 2011	Study and identify key elements using the US Supreme Court website.	Web quest for the US Supreme Court Website	Supreme Court Webquest.docx Details Download 13 KB
Thursday, November 10, 2011	Examine Federalist Paper # 79 that outlines the structure and function of the Supreme Court.	Federalist papers	FEDERALIST No 79 Questions.docx Details Download 17 KB http://www.law.ou.edu/ushistory/federalist/http://www.law.ou.edu/ushistory/federalist/
Week 12:	Learning Goal	Directions	Resources
Monday, November 14, 2011	Evaluate a Supreme Court Ruling and how it preserves, projects and interprets the American System, including life, liberty and property.	Follow directions as outlined in the word document	Landmark case 42g 42f.doc Details Download 35 KB
Tuesday, November 15, 2011	Evaluate a Supreme Court Ruling and how it preserves, projects and interprets the American System, including life, liberty and property.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011	Evaluate a Supreme Court Ruling and how it preserves, projects and interprets the American System, including life, liberty and property.
Thursday, November 17, 2011	Evaluate a Supreme Court Ruling and how it preserves, projects and interprets the American System, including life, liberty and property.	Wrap up in manner that you can refresh your memory when we return and be prepared to share out.
	Fall break Nov. 18th - 27th
Week 13:	Learning Goal	Directions	Resources
Monday, November 28, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011